Intrepid's Last Case: The Super Spy Who Helped Take Down the Nazis Tackles the KGB - Softcover

Stevenson, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585745219 ISBN 13: 9781585745210

Publisher: UNKNO, 2002

Synopsis

Intrepid's Last Case chronicles the post-World War II activities of Sir William Stephenson, whose fascinating role in helping to defeat the Nazis was the subject of the worldwide best-seller A Man Called Intrepid.
Sir William Stephenson still stood at the center of events when he and author William Stevenson discussed in the 1980s an investigation into sudden allegations that Intrepid's wartime aide, Dick Ellis, has been both a Soviet mole and a Nazi spy. They concluded that the rumors grew, ironically, from Intrepid's last wartime case involving the first major Soviet intelligence defector of the new atomic age: Igor Gouzenko. Intrepid saved Gouzenko and found him sanctuary inside a Canadian spy school, Camp X. Gouzenko was about to make more devastating disclosures than those concerning atomic espionage when the case was mysteriously terminated and Intrepid's organization dissolved.
Unraveling the implications of Gouzenko's defection and Intrepid's removal from the case, tracing the steps of Dick Ellis and disclosing much new information regarding United States and Canadian postwar intelligence activities, Intrepid's Last Case is a story that for sheer excitement rivals the best spy fiction-and is all the more important because every word is true.
Filled with never-before-revealed facts on the Soviet-Western nuclear war dance and a compelling portrayal of the mind of a professional spy, Intrepid's Last Case picks up where the first book ended, at the very roots of the cold war. It describes one of the most widespread cover-ups and bizarre betrayals in intelligence history.

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About the Author

William Stevenson, a distinguished journalist and war correspondent, is the author of many books, including The Yellow Wind, 90 Minutes at Entebbe, and A Man Called Intrepid (page 114), which is also available from The Lyons Press. He lives in the Far East.

Review

"As long as Americans value courage and freedom there will be a special place in our hearts, our minds, and our history books for the 'Man Called Intrepid.'"-Ronald Reagan

About this edition

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1585745219
• ISBN 13: 9781585745210
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 356